Survivor remembers deadliest aviation disaster in Tenerife

Rest in peace to all the passengers that died and condolences to they’re loved ones and families 💐

I was 7 years old when this happened. I still remember the tv news reports and newspaper articles very well.

I was 7 years old when this happened I remember this incident on the news and in magazines.

nothing is 100% safe, also accidentd and mechainic failures and human errors and also 9-11 was the wosrt

more accidnets has happen since this 9-11 and many more crashes and also a few has historic hero landing and poilts such as miracle on the hudson

Why don’t we crash test planes yet?

I remember socializing in the local pub here.The couple i spoke to, were so excited to go on holiday to las palmas.
Sitting at the table having a beer...i will never forget. R.I.P.

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I wonder how this survivor is dealing with survivor’s guilt. Gotta be tough and I wonder if she’s in touch with other survivors, which would seem to me to be helpful

I vividly remember seeing this in the news the day it happened. Just so tragic. So many circumstances led up to it, terrorist diversion of the planes, communication breakdowns. rest in Peace

This is really sad because 583 people died that day on March 27th 1977 and only 61 people survived the crash

For anyone who's interested in the details of the accident without the overdramatization of mainstream TV networks, I highly recommend the video entitled "What REALLY Caused the Tenerife Airport Disaster?! The WORST Aviation Accident in History" on the Mentour Pilot channel on YT.

I lost an aunt and uncle . Never will I forget them.

In the first description it mentions that one plane was American !? What is the point being made here ?

Sweet Lawrence baybee jezoos

THE Duch pilot WAS NOT GIVEN A TAKE OFF CLARENCE AND THATS THE FINAL VERDICT FOR THIS DISASTER. SO DONT SAY HE MISTAKENLY TAUGHT HE HAD A TAKE OFF CLEARANCE... COPILOTS KNEW HE DIDN. BLACK BOX TOLD EVERYTHING. GOSH HOW MUCH I HATE MANIPULATIONS AND MAKING EXCUSES FOR AROGANT PILOT WOTH GOD COMPLEX

La tragédie a failli se renouveler le 5 septembre avec la même compagnie KLM. Ça n' a pas servit de leçon apparemment.

in 1977 the world trade center had a little museum for the Guinness book of world records on the ground floor. it was a black marble wall with gold lettering on it of all the people who perished in the crash. that wall had been moved up to the top floor next to Nathan's Hot dogs and ironically was destroyed in 9/11 by the next large air disaster.

Such a shame they don't discuss the stuff they fantasize about after the 📸's are away.

The worse plane accident... Was on land.
P.D.
I know technically all plane accident are "on land". XD

“A series of things could’ve prevented that”……….yeah, like the KLM captain not taking off without without clearance. 🤦‍♀️

I've heard and read about this many times, but I just learned today that the PamAm jet was ready to leave but couldn't because the KLM jet was being refueled and wasn't able to get around. There is an eerie picture of the two planes together minutes before the crash.

The KLM pilot was impatient and didnt wait for clearance from the tower. He's the murderer!

Moral of the story, don't get impatient especially when your job is a pilot with little visibility, if you are confused then listen to the whole story as many covered it. They made the story very simple here but more happened on the runway which led to the pilot taking off without proper clearance from the tower

Patience is a virtue. One impatient man caused hundreds of deaths.

My cousins mom was killed on the Pan Am

So heartbreaking and it happened in the ground too!!! That disaster always makes me cry!

once, just once I would like to hear an air traffic controller say, "everyone stop right where you are"
If you're in the fog, and you can't See anything, it is wiser and more courageous to make everyone stop until you know where they are.There is no schedule that is so important that it is worth dying for.I'm sure that has happened, or a variation of it. I like to see accidents that were averted by intelligent ground control and air traffic control.If we are honoring the people who died, it would be great to take a few minutes and honor those who keep people from dying every day.

I was tén years old and i read about this horrible event in TIME magazine (before cable news ôr the internet) i was traumatized just seeing the graphic photos they published. 😭

CANARY ISLANDS ARE A PART OF SPAIN SO WE ARE SPANIARDS THUS EUROPEANS, WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH AFRICA, IN ANY SENSE. OUR ANCESTORS CONQUERED AND POPULATED THIS TERRITORY FOR SPANISH EMPIRE. WE ARE WHITE CAUCASIAN PEOPLE WITH AN ANCIENT SPANISH AND EUROPEAN CULTURE AND HABITS.

I wanna hear any survivors story

My God, this accident was so avoidable, so many people died because of a mistake and so many freak coincidences. May the ones who perished rest in Peace

Never mind that they have gone soft and these animal right protesters should give there dam e nose out snow flakes ok

As a flight attendant I’ve been honored to have worked with the infamous and legendary Dorothy Kelly. Humble, gracious, professional, courteous, elegant… there aren’t enough words to describe her. A true heroic legend. That’s the word for her: Legend.

Who would have believed Charlie Rose was so creepy

This captain may have been arrogant

Van santen único culpable

I thought they'd got those heterodynes sorted out?

The pilot was the main fault of the accident. He did not recieve takeoff clearance, and despite being told so by the rest of his crew he forced them to continue the takeoff.

Fascinating how the MSM work to keep people frightened re: this broadcast. Extraordinary

Americans forgetting that the Pan Am pilots were also partly to blame, because they didn't turn off on exit 3 when they were told, AND had it confirmed.

Everything that could have gone wrong that day did go wrong

I don't just get it why they blame the guilt on the pilot from the KLM, he got the clearance to go. So why wouldn't he go. He couldn't see anything because of the fog.

It would be deadlier if it was an a380. But Pan am and KLM don't have an a380. Also i think Pan am was gone since the 1990s i think or 1980s.

Oh Gayle, shut up.

I don't mind looking at historical facts. But with the realization that journalists are simply National Enquirer theater dancers...makes this version so less interesting.

Joani still looks good!

Can't see in fog don't fly

Still flies. No way